HR 4288
106th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Department of Energy
Energy
Environmental Protection
Executive reorganization
Federal preemption
Government Operations and Politics
Government liability
Hazardous waste site remediation
Laboratories
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Liability for nuclear damages
Liability for toxic substances pollution damages
Nuclear energy research facilities
Nuclear security measures
Nuclear weapons
Radiation safety
Radioactive wastes
Research and development facilities
To clarify that environmental protection, safety, and health provisions continue to apply to the functions of the National Nuclear Security Administration to the same extent as those provisions applied to those functions before transfer to the Administration.
Introduced: April 13, 2000
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6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 19, 2000
Executive Comment Requested from DOE.
May 16, 2000
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
May 16, 2000
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 27, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Apr 13, 2000
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 13, 2000
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the National Nuclear Security Administration Act to direct the Administrator for Nuclear Security to ensure that the operations and activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration are executed in full compliance with Federal and State environmental, safety, and health laws and regulations (including any directives issued thereunder, and waivers of Federal sovereign immunity).
States that all environmental protection, safety, and health provisions applicable to Department of Energy functions or facilities immediately before the effective date of this Act shall continue to apply to corresponding functions or facilities of the Administration.
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Executive Comment Requested from DOE.
Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
1